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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 82271

This is a laboratory test that uses a chemical reaction to detect hidden traces of blood in a body fluid sample other than stool, such as gastric contents. It gives a yes-or-no type result rather than an exact amount of blood present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.98 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$3.98 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.76

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC· 49th of 51

$3.98

ND $7.94CT $3.24

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.